Lately I've haven't even viewing the glass as half empty. I've been viewing it as going all the way down! Today though someone a complete stranger got my half empty glass shooting all the way up. I was on my daily commute home from school : train ->bus-> two more trains and then...

She asked for directions from the kid and he readily helped and guided her. My mom is a cancer patient at the hospital and the kids mom was in line for surgery checkup. My mom then asked the kid to accompany her to lunch since his mom was still busy. The kid was very shy but...

For some reason, I remembered this story from my college days... Ok, I'm in a college town and I'm in a graduate program with a lot of other females because you rarely find males in my career choice. I was the "dating service" for all the guys that I grew up with...

It never fails to amaze me when a complete stranger does something nice ... unless they have the complete wrong picture.
*cough cough* That time a friend was so drunk she just wanted to lie down and sleep in the main street, and got abusive when my mate and I would not let...

out of their way to help me. But there is one I can still remember clearly about 4 years later, because what he did was not something I asked for at all, it was just a random kind gesture, it surprised and touched me a lot.
I was in college studying psychology toward my B.A...

It is the kindness of complete strangers that I find so ironic. I hear stories of abuse and neglect within families, relationships and communities, where people know each so well. Yet the kindness of complete strangers can be just as frequent... why does this happen? I suppose I...

So it was Halloween, and McDonalds was giving away those green&orange buckets to put stickers on as the prize in their happymeals. i had simply gone in to get a McFrappe when i noticed the buckets and wanted one! (sad right?) but i decided i was too old for a Happy Meal when this...

I appreciate the simple acts of kindness offered by strangers.
I was homeless, and I put an ad on craigslist saying I needed a place to stay, that I was willing to pay my share of rent and bills. I received many emails, mostly from people wanting...

..My Mom had a stroke three months ago. She is stronger now, strong enough that I took her out for lunch today. Mom is not steady on her feet so I help her walk... She is mostly blind and has dementia. She lives in a small group home.After getting us settled with our lunches, Mom...

Thank you thank you!!!!
My battery died, two days ago, so - I have been charging and jumping my battery since then. Yes - I know I need to go to Pep Boys, get a battery, etc. Easy huh?
Coming out of the dentist today, again my car...

I was taking both my young girls out shopping. I decided my eldest was old enough to walk beside me and the baby in the stroller. She did well enough at first. Then she got a wild hair and took off by herself sprinting. I started screaming her name and she just appeared...

Today, me and my friends were cooking, and in downtime, we were watching tv on my computer in the study room adjacent to the kitchen. Sometime in the middle, this girl comes in with some artwork, probably preparing them for a final portfolio to turn in later this week. Well...

I have travelled quite a deal on my own, and very much have had strangers take me in and treat me as though I am part of their family.
At my lowest and darkest times, my faith has always been renewed in human nature and kindness by a simple gesture from a stranger, even if...

There are a lot of groups about kindness. I've written something on it a while back... and well, the magic of a kind human being could always make one's heart explode with utter joy and gratitude. We had a blizzard yesterday, a whole day of snow storm that brought about 6-10...

Tonight, I was out having dinner with my friend Cat, and we were talking about vet school (she is also applying to vet school this year, so it's on our minds a lot lately). Let's just say my voice carries. I'm a bit of a loud person. Anyway, near the end of our meal, a man...

i was walking through town today and a woman stopped me. "you look really sad, are you alright?" she asks. kinda shocked, as i didn't think i looked that depressing, i say the usual, "yeah, i'm alright thanks, why do you ask" etc etc, but she refused to hear any of it. she...

Everytime that ppl are good and kind to me
I am so much appreciated in their kindness
Especially if they were strangers
And be good to me without any purposes
I feel so happy and thankful
Please make this world so wonderful
Please be kind and good to each other
We are...

I think the capacity for kindness that strangers have is extraordinary. It is one thing that helps my faith in humanity. I have gotten a lot of kind gestures from strangers. From everything from rides to water on a hot day to directions (and the list is quite extensive.) I...

Tonight, probably around 1:00 am, me and my sister were walking from Our house to my mothers work. It's only about a 3 mile walk. We started to walk on this street that was a bit darker and harder to see. This stranger and two much younger boys passed us on bikes. He stopped and...

Strangers aren't all mean and evil like our parents want us to think. Today at the bus stop around 1pm I got off the 132 and this guy had a corndog and saw I looked hungry so out of his bag he pulled out another corndog! Some people can be so randomly nice!

being is the fact that social acceptance is a necessity for most all of us. We just can't seem to live without it. Even though we're living in a world were depression, stress, anxiety, and panic are affecting so many of us, it still seems that we can push through that to some...

It's almost inconceivable not to be grateful for any kindness from strangers. It seems logical to see the own group's interest first. Kindness from a member of another group is not a priori to be expected. There's no right, nor is there an obligation. So...

class n it was an overnite journey .
he was very nice n mature to talk to, n somehow he lured me into having sex with him starting with some casual conversation ,which got a little personal , then he started casual touching my hand....n as he noticed i m not objecting to his...

if weeks. I was On trial for things I didn't do but still
A horrid n scary situation because my abusive ex Husband used the power n connections he has in the police force to control n abuse me through the legal system.
I was found not guilty but that wasn't enough for my ex so...

Hebrews 13:2:
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." ~ Blanche DuBois, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Played by Vivien Leigh.

it started in 2009,when i'm still in my pre-university year. i try to give my all out at that time because i need to go to which university that i really preferred to go. my dream is always i want to be a teacher. a graduate teacher. but now i need to change my concept and i...

Although it is a rare thing in my everyday life...when I witness it it touches my heart beyond words that people still can be kind to one another just for the sake of being nice. Now I do not mean the normal smiles and hello greetings of our everyday walking life just to be...

that I didn't make my usual lunch salad..but there is a Subway on my daily walk, so I stopped and ordered a Veggie De'lite salad..when I went to pay..the cashier said..no charge..the guy that was in front of you already paid..
Wow..there are such good people in this world and I...

Anyone who has been graced by the kindness of a complete stranger, may know that sometimes these small incidental acts, can reach out far beyond just a simple smile. One uncomplicated and innocent act of kindness can brighten up what seemed at first to be a bleak...

i have been in desperate times of need..and when a stranger reaches out, they are an angel to me. whether it be to protect me, give me a ride or any of the situations i've been in, i'll never forget these people. i could never thank them enough. the guy who cared enough to stop...